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High Country
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Trained by A W Pike at Cambridge, High Country is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Mongolian Khan, out of the dam Chaparella.

He has won one race from 13 starts. His career earnings are $82k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ellerslie on December 26th in 2024 when he won $20,579 in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers Championship Final (a handicap race over 2,400 metres).

High Country is a top level performer, having started 4 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1050.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $7k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$82k
Starts
13
Wins
1
Second
3
Third
4
Win %
8
Place %
62
Profit
-10.5
Conditions
Good
9
1-2-2
$7k
Soft
4
0-0-2
$4k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
4
0-1-0
Group 1
1
0-0-0
Group 2
2
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
2400m
4
0-2-1
-4
2200m
2
0-0-2
-2
1600m
4
1-0-1
-1.5
2100m
2
0-1-0
-2
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ellerslie
8
0-3-2
-8
Te Rapa
2
0-0-1
-2
Hastings
2
1-0-0
+0.5
Tauranga
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
11
0-3-4
-10
NZ
2
1-0-0
+0.5

Race History

Dec-26 24
2/17
1.3
6.1
Ellerslie
5
2400
Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers Championship Final
$21k
$125k
B Shinn
56
0.00
-
Nov-30 24
3/9
0.3
$2.4
Ellerslie
5
2400
Harrisons (Bm75)
$5k
$55k
M Mc Nab
56
153.67
-
3
3,3,3
Nov-5 24
2/13
0.8
$3.9
Ellerslie
4
2400
Barfoot & Thompson (Bm75)
$14k
$75k
M Cartwright
55½
151.37
-
1
1,1
-1
Oct-26 24
3/9
1.4
$4.7
Ellerslie
4
2200
Auckland Co-Op Taxis (Bm75)
$5k
$55k
M Cartwright
55½
140.95
-
1
3,3,3
Oct-12 24
3/12
1.8
$5.5
Te Rapa
6
2200
TAB Punter Of The Year (Bm65)
$6k
$65k
M Cartwright
60½
138.71
-
1
1,1,1
-2
Sep-21 24
8/14
4.7
$5.4
Ellerslie
5
1600
Head To Trackside.co.nz (Bm75)
$1k
$55k
M Cartwright
56
97.41
-
4
5,4
-4
Sep-7 24
5/12
2.5
$7.2
Hastings
4
1600
Hastings Blossom Festival (Bm65)
$2k
$65k
M Cartwright
61½
96.97
-
1
1,1
-4
Spell of 189 Days
Mar-2 24
7/17
11.6
$64.8
Ellerslie
4
2400
New Zealand Derby 
$6k
$1M
M Mc Nab
57
146.79
-
2
1,1
-6
Feb-17 24
6/15
7.9
$36.9
Ellerslie
4
2100
Eagle Technology Avondale Guineas  
$3k
$175k
M Mc Nab
57
129.58
-
1
1,1
-5
Jan-31 24
5/14
1.8
$9.4
Te Rapa
3
2000
Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas 
$4k
$160k
M Mc Nab
57
125.06
-
7
7,7,7
+2
Jan-14 24
2/11
1.0
$12.3
Ellerslie
4
2100
Gingernuts Salver 
$19k
$100k
W Pinn
57
131.48
-
3
3,4,2
Dec-31 23
1/9
0.5
$2.5
Hastings
4
1600
Waterforce Mdn
$10k
$19k
M Mc Nab
57½
98.16
-
2
2,2,2
+1
Dec-15 23
3/14
0.5
$32.8
Tauranga
3
1600
Happy Hire Mdn
$2k
$25k
C Grylls
57½
99.55
-
2
2,2
-1